Purpuricenus desfontainii (Fabricius, 1793)
ssp. inhumeralis Pic, 1891
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
ssp. inhumeralis Pic, 1891
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length: 10 - 22 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees and shrubs (Quercus, Ceratonia, Pistacia) Distribution: Bulgaria, Greece, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
The depicted beetles were collected on various flowers and blossoming shrubs (Hieracium, Chaerophyllum, Verbascum, Sarothamnus etc.) in Neo Ithilo (Lakoonia nomos, SW of Peloponnese peninsula, Greece).Collected by M.Hoskovec.

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Trachyderini Dupont, 1836
Genus: Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821
Species: Purpuricenus desfontainii (Fabricius, 1793)
Subspecies: Purpuricenus desfontainii inhumeralis Pic, 1891